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enhttp://iowapublicradio.org/feeds/term/1681/rss.xmlRegent Opposes Higher Minimum Wage On UI Campushttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/regent-opposes-higher-minimum-wage-ui-campus
<p>A member of Iowa’s Board of Regents says Johnson County’s raising of the minimum wage is “out of step with the rest of Iowa”.</p><p>Johnson County is incrementally raising the wages to at least $10.10 an hour by 2017, action taken by the County Board of Supervisors.</p><p>At today’s Regents meeting in Ames, Regent Larry McKibben of Marshalltown said he’ll oppose extending that to the University of Iowa campus.</p><p>“I’m working hard to reduce debt of families and children, and we can’t be an outlier vis-a-vis the other two universities, and I want an answer to that,” he said.</p>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 23:05:43 +0000Dean Borg71010 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRegent Opposes Higher Minimum Wage On UI CampusEducation Budget Chief: No Tuition Freeze Next Yearhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/education-budget-chief-no-tuition-freeze-next-year
<p>The head of education spending in the Iowa Senate has dim hopes for increased funding for the state universities next year, and he predicts the Regents will not be able to freeze tuition.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Governor Branstad’s budget includes 8 million new dollars for the universities, with the Board of Regents deciding how to divide it up among the three schools.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>But Arlington Democrat Brian Schoenjahn says that should be the legislature’s job.</p>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:56:20 +0000Joyce Russell69618 at http://iowapublicradio.orgEducation Budget Chief: No Tuition Freeze Next YearRastetter Signals Possible Tightening of Bid Policy at Regents Universitieshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/rastetter-signals-possible-tightening-bid-policy-regents-universities
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The president of Iowa’s Board of Regents is predicting policy changes that will further limit the manner in which contracts are awarded by the three state universities. Bruce Rastetter's comments come after Iowa State University and the University of Iowa both awarded contracts to individuals with Republican ties without taking bids on the work.&nbsp;</span></p>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:29:51 +0000Lindsey Moon, Ben Kieffer & Dean Borg67892 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRastetter Signals Possible Tightening of Bid Policy at Regents UniversitiesTuition Headed Higher At Iowa State, UNIhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/tuition-headed-higher-iowa-state-uni
<p>Tuition is going up next semester at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, but remains frozen at the University of Iowa.</p><p>The state Board of Regents has voted to hike tuition by three percent on the Ames and Cedar Falls campuses.&nbsp;</p><p>The vote came after Iowa State and UNI student leaders from those campuses supported the tuition increase.&nbsp; But, UI student body president Liz Mills said the mid-year tuition increase would shock some student budgets.</p><p>That resonated with Regent Patricia Cownie of Des Moines.</p>Wed, 09 Sep 2015 21:08:18 +0000Dean Borg63322 at http://iowapublicradio.orgTuition Headed Higher At Iowa State, UNIRegents Approve Presidents' Salary Hikes, Planning For UI Stadium Renovationshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/regents-approve-presidents-salary-hikes-planning-ui-stadium-renovations
<p>Iowa State University President Steven Leath is receiving a five-percent pay increase, boosting his annual salary to $525, 000.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">At its meeting in Ames, the State Board of Regents also extended </span>Leath’s<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Iowa State appointment to 2020.&nbsp;</span></p><p>During that five-years, Leath also will receive an extra $125,000 in deferred compensation,.</p>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:34:50 +0000Dean Borg61724 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRegents Approve Presidents' Salary Hikes, Planning For UI Stadium RenovationsTuition Freeze Not Confirmedhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/tuition-freeze-not-confirmed
<p>Iowa House and Senate leaders are expressing optimism that a proposed budget for higher education will be enough to fund a tuition freeze at the Regents universities for the third year in a row.&nbsp;&nbsp; But a Regents spokesman declined to comment on the effect on university budgets until full details are released.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike </span>Gronstal<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> says a tentative budget deal worked out last week includes a one-point-two-five percent increase for the Regents schools.</span></p>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:13:41 +0000Joyce Russell58615 at http://iowapublicradio.orgTuition Freeze Not ConfirmedRepublican Budget Rewards ISU and UNI, Cuts UIhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/republican-budget-rewards-isu-and-uni-cuts-ui
<p>A Republican-dominated committee in the Iowa House has approved a controversial Board of Regents plan to give more money to state universities that attract more Iowa students.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">It’s called performance-based funding. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">But the panel approved no money to soften the blow for the University of Iowa.&nbsp;</span></p>Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:35:29 +0000Joyce Russell56965 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRepublican Budget Rewards ISU and UNI, Cuts UIRegents Appoint Search Committeehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/regents-appoint-search-committee
<p>Iowa’s Board of Regents has released the names of a 21-person search committee that’ll be recommending candidates to be the University of Iowa’s next president.Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:07:16 +0000Dean Borg & Katherine Perkins54010 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRegents Appoint Search CommitteeBoard of Regents Nominee Faces Questions from Iowa Senatehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/board-regents-nominee-faces-questions-iowa-senate
<p>Iowa state senators today questioned&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Greene County social worker Sherry Bates, </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Governor </span>Branstad’s<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> nominee to the Iowa Board of Regents.</span></p><p></p>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:23:49 +0000Joyce Russell53235 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBoard of Regents Nominee Faces Questions from Iowa SenateRastetter: New Regents Funding Model Free of Political Motivationshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/rastetter-new-regents-funding-model-free-political-motivations
<p>Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter denies that there’s a political agenda behind a new proposed funding formula for Iowa's three state universities.</p><p>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:31:57 +0000Lindsey Moon, Joyce Russell & Ben Kieffer53229 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRastetter: New Regents Funding Model Free of Political MotivationsAIB, UI Transition Updatehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/aib-ui-transition-update
<p>The AIB College of Business announced new details&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">today</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;about the gifting of its 20-acre Des Moines campus to the University of Iowa.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The campus will be renamed the Regional Regents Center. It's</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;located two miles from the Des Moines airport and is comprised of 17 buildings, i</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">ncluding apartment-style student housing.&nbsp;</span></p>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:28:45 +0000Sarah Boden53066 at http://iowapublicradio.orgAIB, UI Transition UpdatePrivate and Community Colleges Prepare as Competition Heats Uphttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/private-and-community-colleges-prepare-competition-heats
<p>The new emphasis on funding Iowa’s three state universities according to the number of students who are state residents is dramatically increasing competition.&nbsp; The 26 private and 15 community colleges in the state are preparing.Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:50:19 +0000Dean Borg & Katherine Perkins52605 at http://iowapublicradio.orgPrivate and Community Colleges Prepare as Competition Heats UpSurprise Support for Tuition Freezehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/surprise-support-tuition-freeze
<p>Several members on Iowa’s Board of Regents spoke in favor of freezing tuition for the third year in a row during today’s meeting in Iowa City.&nbsp;</p><p>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:41:23 +0000Sarah Boden48265 at http://iowapublicradio.orgSurprise Support for Tuition FreezeConsultants Offer Board of Regents More Cost-Saving Suggestionshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/consultants-offer-board-regents-more-cost-saving-suggestions
<p>The Iowa Board of Regents has several new proposals to consider in its effort to save money across the three state university campuses.</p><p>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:51:07 +0000Amy Mayer47375 at http://iowapublicradio.orgConsultants Offer Board of Regents More Cost-Saving SuggestionsRegents Change University Funding Structurehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/regents-change-university-funding-structure
<p>The Iowa Board of Regents has adopted a plan to change how state funding is allocated to Iowa's three Regents' universities.&nbsp; Host Ben Kieffer talks with IPR's Dean Borg about the factors that will be used to set future funding levels, including numbers of in-state students and graduation rates.</p><p></p>Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:55:42 +0000Ben Kieffer & Katherine Perkins41849 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRegents Change University Funding StructureIPR Requests Additional Funding from Board of Regentshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/ipr-requests-additional-funding-board-regents
<p>Iowa Public Radio will be asking the Board of Regents next week to return its funding level for fiscal year 2015 to the amount it received in 2013:&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">$944,800.&nbsp;</span></p><p>That would be &nbsp;$236,200 more than it was scheduled to receive under a strategic plan approved by the Regents three years ago, which gradually reduces Regents funding over a 6-year period.</p><p>A key part of the IPR plan is to become independent from university funding by 2017, replacing it with large donor contributions.</p>Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:36:40 +0000Rob Dillard39184 at http://iowapublicradio.orgTuition Freeze Deal Threatenedhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/tuition-freeze-deal-threatened
<p>In the Iowa House, the wheels fell off an agreement to <u>freeze tuition</u> for another year at Iowa’s Regents Universities, but only if all three schools get&nbsp; a 4% increase in state funds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Republicans have agreed to mandate the&nbsp; freeze,&nbsp; but not all the schools will get their promised raise. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p></p>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:09:56 +0000Joyce Russell38959 at http://iowapublicradio.orgTuition Freeze Deal ThreatenedBoard of Regents Efficiency Studyhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/board-regents-efficiency-study
<p>The first of three public hearings was held today at the University of Iowa in advance of a <a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20140312/NEWS01/140312006/Students-protest-efficiency-study-Board-Regents-meeting">comprehensive efficiency review</a> by the Iowa Board of Regents.&nbsp; The review is expected to generate $15-25 million in savings.</p>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:46:33 +0000Katherine Perkins & Ben Kieffer38275 at http://iowapublicradio.orgBoard of Regents Efficiency StudyUI Students Call For Stricter Sexual Assault Policies, Mason Shares Own Experiencehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/ui-students-call-stricter-sexual-assault-policies-mason-shares-own-experience
<p>Students at the University of Iowa called for the school to take a harsher stance against sexual assault, during an on-campus listening session with university officials Thursday. Female students discussed fears of walking home in the dark, or difficulties filing reports against perpetrators.&nbsp; Others drew comparisons between the university’s formal zero-tolerance policies on drugs and plagiarism, but not for sexual assault.</p><p>President Sally Mason used her opening remarks to discuss her own experience with sexual assault, as an undergraduate student in Kentucky.</p>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:28:21 +0000Durrie Bouscaren36901 at http://iowapublicradio.orgUI Students Call For Stricter Sexual Assault Policies, Mason Shares Own ExperienceInstructional Hours and Regents Nomineeshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/instructional-hours-and-regents-nominees
<p>There were some fireworks last week at the State Capitol as two of Governor Terry Branstad’s nominees to serve on the Iowa Board of Regents came before the Senate Education Committee.&nbsp; Host Clay Masters talks with Senator Herman Quirmbach, Chair of the Senate Education Committee about lawmakers’ concerns.&nbsp; And a discussion of whether the time students spend in school should be counted in days or hours.&nbsp; A proposal making its way through the legislature would count instructional time in hours.</p><p></p>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:18:48 +0000Clay Masters18226 at http://iowapublicradio.orgInstructional Hours and Regents NomineesLegislative Preview: 03/25/13http://iowapublicradio.org/post/legislative-preview-032513
<p></p><p></p><p> IPR Morning Edition Host Sarah McCammon checks in with Statehouse Correspondent Joyce Russell on legislative news.</p>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:17:53 +0000Sarah McCammon & Joyce Russell18195 at http://iowapublicradio.orgLegislative Preview: 03/25/13New Board of Regents Appointee Draws Controversyhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/new-board-regents-appointee-draws-controversy
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Two new candidates went to the Capitol for job interviews yesterday-- &nbsp;as new appointees to the Board of Regents, which governs Iowa's public Universities. Iowa Public Radio’s </span>Sandhya<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Dirks reports one of those candidates—Robert Cramer—provoked a lot of controversy for his conservative views.&nbsp;</span></p>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:32:20 +0000Sandhya Dirks17935 at http://iowapublicradio.orgNew Board of Regents Appointee Draws ControversyRuud named to lead UNIhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/ruud-named-lead-uni
<p>The State Board of Regents today announced the selection of William N. Ruud (ROOD), as the 10<sup>th</sup> president of the University of Northern Iowa. Ruud currently serves as president of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.</p><p>Ruud will assume the duties of UNI president on June 1 and will be paid an annual salary of $340,000. The date for an official welcoming on the UNI campus will be announced later.&nbsp; Ruud was one of two finalists for the job. The other was Indiana University-Purdue University Chancellor Emeritus Michael Wartell.</p>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:47:57 +0000Pat Blank14674 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRuud named to lead UNIRegents Decline to Renew UI President Sally Mason's Contracthttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/regents-decline-renew-ui-president-sally-masons-contract
<p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Iowa Board of Regents is declining to renew a contract with University of Iowa President Sally Mason. Regents President Craig Lang confirms that Mason is working without a contract.</p><p>“Her contract – five-year contract – was up in August,” he says. “We did not renew a new contract with President Mason. She is employed at will.”</p><p>Lang says the Regents are asking Mason to improve the University’s statewide outreach, improve relations with the Iowa Legislature, and establish goals.</p>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:26:44 +0000Dean Borg11720 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRegents Decline to Renew UI President Sally Mason's Contract